Project HydraFusion on BriefTechNews.comhttps://brief-tech-news.com/tags/project-hydrafusion/Recent content in Project HydraFusion on BriefTechNews.comHugoenCopyright &copy;2021 <br> Designed &amp; Developed by [Gethugothemes](https://gethugothemes.com/)Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:44:15 +0000California taxes SaaS 8 - 10%, AI Mode shows pricier goods, China hands out tokens with dumplingshttps://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-09-07-founders/Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:44:15 +0000https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-09-07-founders/California signed SB 122 and from January 1, 2027 will apply a 7.25% - 10.75% sales tax to SaaS and AI tools, with the state projecting about $2B a year in extra collections. Productrise found Google AI Mode surfaces the same products 21.6% more expensive than traditional search across 2M+ listings, and only 1.28% of products overlap between the two surfaces. Microsoft announced Project Zenith, a Windows build for 64GB+ developer laptops that runs 30B+ parameter models locally. GitHub shipped Project HydraFusion in Copilot, orchestrating multiple models to match Opus 5 quality at lower cost. In China, daily token use hit 500 trillion and tokens are now loyalty rewards stapled to credit cards, dumplings, and telco plans.